Research Case: Why Was the Military Failure of a Plebeian Consul Used to Deny the Governing Ability of Plebeians as a Whole?
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 7 1. Question In Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book VII, the opening of the consulship to plebeians was followed by a serious military failure. The plebeian consul Lucius Genucius led the war against the Hernici. He fell into an enemy trap, was … Read more